Rail-fastening means



s. B. KULL. RAIL FASTENING MEANS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18. 192!- RENEWED MAY 9| 1922.- 1,419,865.

PatentedJ e 13,1922.

E 858 K INVENTOR WIT/V 8 54140121 51 0 rril SAMUEL BOOTH K'ULL, OFIBRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

RAIL-FASTENING MEANS Application filed June 18, 1921, Serial No. 478,545.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL BOOTH KULL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Rail-Fastening Means, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to means for fastening railroad rails or ties, and has for an ob ect the provision of means whereby spikes used in connection with railroad rails are more effectively fastened down in co-operation with the rail than has hitherto been possible.

Anotherobject resides in the pIOVlSlOIl of means whereby the rail and the spikes can be assembled in place and fastened in their assembled position in much less time, whereby a great saving of time and labor 1s achieved.

A further object resides in the provision of means whereby the above-mentioned objects may be attained by means of a few simple, economically manufactured parts capable of quick assembly.

A still further object resides in the particular construction and arrangement of parts which are hereinafter described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, of which Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section taken through a rail and tie with their cooperating parts;

Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a detail section of a form of means for holding a railway spike down in the tie.

As shown in the drawings, the invention comprises means for fastening a rail 1 on to a tie plate 2 which is adapted to be disposed on any suitable form of tie 3. The rail as usual is formed with a head 1, a web 5 and a foot 6. The plate 2 is formed with Specification of Letters Patent. Pad gntgd J 1 3 13, 1922,

Renewed May 9, 1922. Serial .No. 559,591.

a longitudinally extending rib or flange portion 7 which extendslongitudinally along one side of the plate, and against this rib one side of the foot 6 of the rail is adapted to abut in order that lateral movement of the rail be prevented by its abutment with the rib 7. As shown particularly in Fig. 2, a plurality of apertures, such as 8, are provided for spikes 9. These apertures are disposed on each side of the plate 2 adjacent the line of the edges of the foot 6 of the rail. Adjacent and on each side of the aperture 8 are apertures such as 10 and 11. These apertures, as shown in Fig. 2, are adapted to receive the lower, bent-over ends, such as 12, of a strap 13 which is made of any suitable material, preferably spring metal, and adapted to be passed over the head 14 of a spike to hold it down into the tie. This strap 13 acts somewhat like a staple. The heads 14 of the spikes 9, as usual, are formed with an undersurface slope in accordance with the slope of the foot 6- of the rail, so that ordinarily the spikes are driven vertically into the tie 3. After the spikes are in place, the ends 12 of the straps 13 are driven into and through the apertures such as 10 and 11 and the ends 12 are turned and bent beneath the edges of the plate 2 by any suitable tool designed for. that purpose, but not shown since it forms no part of the invention. By this means the spikes are prevented from working loose from the foot 6 of the rail.

What I claim is:

A rail fastening device which comprises a plate disposed beneath the rail, a tie on which the plate is disposed, said plate having an aperture for a spike and a pair of apertures on each side of the aperture receiving the spike, and a strap extending over the top of the spike, the ends of the strap extending through said apertures adjacent the spike and being bent over beneath the plate to hold the spike against the rail.

SAMUEL BOOTH KULL. 

